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Ideas Curation for TED Conferences
(or, What is an idea?)
Curating ideas for TED Conferences
For over 10 years I've had the priviledge to search for our time's wildest, weirdest and bravest ideas and help bring them to life in the form of TED Talks; a brilliant format for science and tech communication. During that time, I've worked with business leaders and politicians; philosophers and academics; artists and builders.
Not every story is an idea
This is how I see it: Ideas are about the essence or a principle behind things, actions, or phenomena. They're about the why, how and what of things. Ideas are abstract concepts that can be a notion, a belief, a theory, a plan, or an impression. Stories are inherently narrative and temporal, dependent on the "who," "when," "where," and "what happened". They are embedded in cultural and social contexts and serve to entertain, educate, preserve culture, and instill moral values. What this means is that a truly powerful idea can stand alone.
Here's a selection of TED Talks I've curated:
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Cara Hunter - How a deepfake almost ruined my political career
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Victor Riparbelli - Will AI make us the last generation to read and write?
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Mengchen Dong - What we are looking for in AI is what we are looking for in each other
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Pau Aleikum Garcia - How to use AI to keep politicians honest
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Advait Sarkar - How to stop AI from killing your critical thinking
Speaking & Event Moderation
(or, How do you share an idea?)
We exist in an almost unbearbly noisy media ecology: There's too many documentaries to watch, tv shows to binge, articles to read, short-form videos to scroll. How do we share ideas in a world that doesn't want to be bothered? (How) can we invite others not just to sit there and listen, but to truly feel and reflect so that what matters to us begins to matter, in some small but real way, to them too?
As an experienced moderator, host and speaker at events I've worked with global corporations and institutions to do just that; while bringing nuance, energy and emotion to their stages. I’ve spoken internationally at leading events like AWE XR, IEEE VR, the 4Gamechangers Festival, PwC AI Unbound (featuring TED), and high-profile senior executive press events for brands like SAP.
Media appearances include (print): Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Trending Topics, der Brutkasten, Medianet, Heute and (radio): Ö3 and Ö1.
Most recent references:
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Panel Moderation for TED Conferences: What Actually Is the Good Life We Want to Create With AI? An conversation between a tech philosopher and an end-of-life expert
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Event Host for PwC AI Unbound featuring TED, Hong Kong, Dec 9, 2025
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Panelist for ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) for the annual ORF AI Day
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